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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
P R E F A C E
MOST of the adventures recorded in this
book really occurred; one or two were
experiences of my own, the rest those of
boys who were schoolmates of mine.
Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer
also, but not from an individual--he is a
combination of the characteristics of
three boys whom I knew, and therefore
belongs to the composite order of
architecture.
The odd superstitions touched upon were
all prevalent among children and slaves in
the West at the period of this story--that
is to say, thirty or forty years ago.
Although my book is intended mainly for
the entertainment of boys and girls, I
hope it will not be shunned by men and
women on that account, for part of my plan
has been to try to pleasantly remind
adults of what they once were themselves,
and of how they felt and thought and
talked, and what *** enterprises they
sometimes engaged in.
THE AUTHOR.
HARTFORD, 1876.
T O M S A W Y E R